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cover image - Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills Elsevier eBook on VitalSource,7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323571043
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 03-11-2019
Page Count: 896
Imprint: Mosby
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Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition

by Anne G. Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Patricia A. Potter, RN, PhD, FAAN and Wendy R. Ostendorf, RN, MS, EdD, CNE

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills Elsevier eBook on VitalSource,7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323571043
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 03-11-2019
Page Count: 896
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $94.99
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Master nursing skills with this guide from the respected Perry, Potter & Ostendorf author team! The concise coverage in Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition makes it easy to learn the skills most commonly used in everyday nursing practice. Clear, step-by-step instructions cover more than 160 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills — from measuring body temperature to insertion of a peripheral intravenous device — using evidence-based concepts to improve patient safety and outcomes. A streamlined, visual approach makes the book easy to read, and an Evolve companion website enhances learning with review questions and handy checklists for each clinical skill.

    • Coverage of more than 160 skills and interventions addresses the basic, intermediate, and advanced skills you'll use every day in practice.
    • Safe Patient Care Alerts highlight risks or other key information to know in performing skills, so you can plan ahead at each step of nursing care.
    • Unique! Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter provides the information needed to use evidence-based care to solve clinical problems.
    • Coverage of evidence-based nursing techniques includes the concept of care bundles, structured practices that improve patient safety and outcomes, in addition to the coverage of teach-back.
    • Delegation & Collaboration guidelines help you make decisions in whether to delegate a skill to unlicensed assistive personnel, and indicates what key information must be shared.
    • Teach-Back step shows how to evaluate the success of patient teaching, so you can see whether the patient understands a task or topic or if additional teaching may be needed.
    • Recording guidelines describe what should be reported and documented after performing skills, with Hand-off Reporting sections listing important patient care information to include in the handoff.
    • Special Considerations indicate the additional risks or accommodations you may face when caring for pediatric or geriatric patients, as well as patients in home care settings.
    • A consistent format for nursing skills makes it easier to perform skills, organized by Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
    • Media resources include skills performance checklists on the Evolve companion website and related lessons, videos, and interactive exercises on Nursing Skills Online.
    • NEW! 2017 Infusion Nurses Society standards are included on administering IVs and on other changes in evidence-based practice.
    • NEW Disaster Preparedness chapter focuses on caring for patients after biological, chemical, or radiation exposure. 
    • NEW! SBAR samples show how to quickly and effectively communicate a patient’s condition in terms of Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation.
    • NEW! Practice Reflections sections include a clinical scenario and questions, helping you reflect on clinical and simulation experiences.
    • NEW! Three Master Debriefs help you develop a better understanding of the "big picture" by synthesizing skill performance with overall patient care.
  • Unit 1: Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice
    1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
    2. Communication & Collaboration
    3. Documentation and Informatics
    4. Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
    5. Infection Control
    6. Disaster Preparedness
    Unit 2: Patient Assessment Skills
    7. Vital Signs
    8. Health Assessment
    9. Specimen Collection
    10. Diagnostic Procedures
    Unit 3: Basic Human Needs
    11. Bathing and Personal Hygiene
    12. Care of the Eye and Ear
    13. Promoting Nutrition
    14. Parenteral Nutrition
    15. Pain Management
    16. Promoting Oxygenation
    Unit 4: Activity and Mobility
    17. Safe Patient Handling
    18. Exercise, Mobility & Immobilization Devices
    Unit 5: Promoting Elimination
    19. Urinary Elimination
    20. Bowel Elimination
    21. Ostomy Care
    Unit 6: Medication Administration
    22. Preparation for Safe Medication Administration
    23. Nonparenteral Medications
    24. Parenteral Medications
    Unit 7: Dressings and Wound Care
    25. Wound Care and Irrigation
    26. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care
    27. Dressings Bandages and Binders
    Unit 8: Complex Nursing Interventions
    28. Intravenous Therapy
    29. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care
    30. Emergency Measures for Life Support
    Unit 9: Supportive Nursing Interventions
    31. End-of-Life Care
    32. Home Care Safety
  • Anne G. Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Professor Emerita,School of Nursing,Southern Illinois University,Edwardsville, Illinois, Patricia A. Potter, RN, PhD, FAAN, Formerly,Director of Research,Patient Care Services,Barnes-Jewish Hospital,St. Louis, Missouri and Wendy R. Ostendorf, RN, MS, EdD, CNE, Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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